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'SHAW BATCHELDER.

Lantern Carrier. No. 27,315; Patented Feb. 28. 1860.

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N. PETER5 Phewume m reee, Wnshingmn. 11Cv i To all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATN T FFTGE.

SAML. J. SHAWV AND H. J. BATCHELDER, OF MARLBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

LANTERN-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

Be it known that we, SAMUEL J. SHAW and HAZEN J. BATOHELDER, ofMarlboro, in the county of MiddleseX and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented an Improved Lantern- Carrier or Apparatus for Firing a Lanternto the Breast or Body of a Person; and we do hereby declare that thesame is fully described and represented in the following specificationand the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure l, is a top view; Fig. 2a front elevation, and Fig. 3 a transverse section of such apparatus anda lantern supported y it.

In the said drawings, A, exhibits the lantern as provided With a hook,B, to enter a socket, 0, applied to the front side of a shield or breastplate, D. This shield is furnished with a curved arm or strut, E,extended from it, as shown in the drawings, and having one end of anelastic band or strap, F, affixed to its outer extremity. The other endof such strap or band is furnished with a hook, a, suitably formed tohook in to one of a series of holes, Z), I), 6, arranged in the breastshield as shown in Fig. 2.

In using the said apparatus, the part or shield D, is to be placedagainst the left breast and close to the shoulder of the person, and thestrut is to extend underneath his left arm, the upper edge of the strutbearing against the vertex of the angle made by the arm and the body.The elastic strip is to be carried across the back and over the 27,315,dated February 28, 1860.

left shoulder of the person, and is to be hooked into some one of theholes, I), b, b. The strap will not only connect the breast plate to thebody, but will draw the strut up under the arm and thus the strut andthe strap by cooperating serve to maintain the breastplate in properplace on the breast, while at the same time they allow of the easy playor movement of the left arm in any direction.

The breast plate constitutes not only a bearing for, or supporter of,the socket of the lantern, but serves as a shield or reflector toprevent the heat of the lantern from burning or scorching the personsdress.

The above described means of applying a lantern to the body is farpreferable to any device for supporting a lantern on the arm of aperson, as it leaves both arms free to move independently of thelantern.

For conductors of railway trains, or for miners or others, the aboveimproved lantern carrier will be found to be of great utility.

e therefore claim The lantern carrier constructed as described and forthe purpose of supporting a lantern against the breast of a person andhaving both arms free to be moved in any direction.

SAMUEL J. SHAWV. I-IAZEN J. BATCHELDER.

Witnesses R. H. EDDY, F. P. HALE, Jr.

